EBAY Question

[Greengoblin782]

I was bidding on this item and won it. Does this look like Shill Bidding to anyone else.

Item number:180693775782

Item Title: 2010 WWE Topps JOHN CENA printing plate 1 1 BLACK R@RE Winning bid: US $350.00 Shipping: US $7.50 -- Expedited Shipping (USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope). Additional services available.
Bidders:2Bids:4Time Ended:Jul-19-11 17:25:04 PDTDuration:10 days
greengoblin782, you're the winner!

Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends. Learn more about bidding - opens in a new window or tab. Show automatic bids Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time Action Member Id: greengoblin782( 946) US $350.00 Jul-19-11 15:09:03 PDT
Pay now More actions Member Id: a***b( 0 ) US $345.00 Jul-19-11 16:02:21 PDT
-- Member Id: a***b( 0 ) US $325.00 Jul-19-11 16:02:13 PDT
-- Member Id: greengoblin782( 946) US $300.00 Jul-09-11 20:24:15 PDT
-- Starting Price US $300.00 Jul-09-11 17:25:04 PDT





If you and another bidder placed the same bid amount, the earlier bid takes priority.Under certain circumstances only, you can retract your bid - opens in a new window or tab.







Bid retraction and cancellation history
Bidder Action / Explanation Date of Bid and Retraction Member Id: a***b( 0 ) Retracted: US $368.00
Explanation: Entered wrong amount Bid: Jul-19-11 16:02:35 PDT
Retracted: Jul-19-11 16:03:49 PDT

[palantri]

sure does, but good luck proving it!

[Greengoblin782]

I would of never noticed it if I didn't click the link to see why a bid was retracted. I noticed the bid retraction occurred under 12 hours so the seller had to do that. Hopefully I can find a number to contact EBAY at.

[Greengoblin782]

I contacted EBAY and apparently its not shill bidding in there eyes. The consider it a Bid Retraction violation.

[geoffyb]

Ebay used to go willy nilly with the whole shill bidding thing but now they don't care as they will receive more money if an item sells higher.

[MizfitMFer]

Yeah i have had that happen so i didnt re-bid. The seller emails me a 2nd chance to buy at my max bid, I offer my bid that was winning and never hear back.

[Greengoblin782]

I thought you couldn't retract a bid with less than 12 hours on the auction but I guess I was wrong.

[kehosomn]

Ebay used to go willy nilly with the whole shill bidding thing but now they don't care as they will receive more money if an item sells higher.

Exactly. They used to close seller's accounts if they were caught shill bidding, but now if you contact them to complain about the problem they just give you some lazy response like "We will look into it" and then they do not do anything.

The bids on the Jonh Cena plate were definitely jacked up by shill bidding. I would contact the seller and ask him to relist the plate in a new auction.

[keith1369]

what is "shill" bidding

[Greengoblin782]

Shill bidding in when you are knowingly bidding up the price of the card.

Example:
1. You can't bid on your own card under a new name.
2. Your friend places bids on your item to help raise the price for you.